This is the story of the radical theologian Peter Abelard. Born near Nantes, France, in 1079, Abelard’s teaching on the Trinity was declared heretical. He went on to found the Paraclete and became the abbot of St. Gildas-de-Rhuys. Condemned for heresy by the Council of Sens, he retired to Cluny, where he lived a model life of asceticism and theological labor. A BBC Production. (50 minutes)

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